Word: equestrianism
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...Ming, have a sculpturesque strength of modeling and a variety of contrasting colors that have made them beloved of collectors. A collection of Ralph Wood pottery which has taken 16 years to assemble is being shown at the Partridge Gallery, London. Statuettes of Benjamin Franklin, Alderman Beckford, George Whitefield, equestrian figures, fantastic animal pieces, Toby jugs, originally sold for a few shillings, but now worth hundreds of pounds, are among the rare models. The Woods were the first English potters to mark their work with their names. Their color secrets have apparently died with them...
Washington, D. C.'s, Pennsylvania Avenue equestrian statute of George Washington, damaged by the elements, was shipped to Brooklyn for repairs...
...museum which exhibits the work of the great bronze founder Peter Vischer as comprehensively as ours or which, with the exception of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum at Berlin, has like ours a full-size reproduction of Andreas Schlucter's Great Elector, next to Verecchio's Colleoni the most remarkable equestrian statue in Europe. This whole collection of monumental casts, then, in connection with a growing special library on the history of German art, offers an ample and unique opportunity to the student of art for detailed study of particular schools or particular masters. And at the same time it offers...
...predicament is that one immortalized by Mr. Wrinkle: the mediocre equestrian, forced to make good. Unlike Mr. Wrinkle, however, Mr. Collier proceeds to make good, after remarking, "When the race is over, you'll either look up and say 'Good boy, Sam!' or look down and say 'Don't he look natural...
...people loved him so they would give, and the amount would be large. Of course, that might be controlled. Individual subscriptions could be limited to a nominal amount. But then, what kind of a monument are we talking about? Do we mean something in heroic art, like an equestrian figure on a mountain in silhouette against the sky, or something for the service of mankind...